Chapter Summaries

Su Ze rebuilt Avalon's expanded internal space and prepared to investigate a suspected Contained Object with Qing Shuang. After he left, Qin Yushi teased Chen Keqing about Qi Xiaoye's attachment to him.

• Su Ze merged two Avalon fragments and spent a day and a half rebuilding the relic's expanded internal space.
• Su Ze noticed Qi Xiaoye had stayed locked in her room for two days, refusing to eat as she reflected on her mistakes.
• Su Ze, Chen Keqing, and Qin Yushi discussed his upcoming investigation and plans to organize the Foundation's staff and distribute Word Spirit Techniques.
• Su Ze left with Qing Shuang to handle an incident involving a suspected Contained Object.
• Qin Yushi suggested Qi Xiaoye's sulking showed she had eyes only for Su Ze, then left to watch Tang Xinnuo fulfill a bet.

Chen Keqing used a fruit salad and a threatening note from Su Ze to coax Qi Xiaoye out of her protest, while Su Ze took Qing Shuang to suppress hostile forces and investigate a Contamination Zone. The chapter ended as Qing Shuang spotted an octopus-headed humanoid monster.

• Chen Keqing brought Qi Xiaoye a fruit salad and a threatening apology note from Su Ze, which Qi Xiaoye reluctantly accepted.
• Qi Xiaoye praised herself after Chen Keqing explained that Qing Shuang was competitive around exceptionally talented people, then decided to join the day's work.
• Su Ze met Qing Shuang at the laboratory building and took her to a rural area outside Cloud City, where she admitted she had barely read the report.
• Su Ze destroyed houses and killed the Alien Race Awakened leaders who were opposing their governance, while explaining the situation to Qing Shuang.
• Su Ze took Qing Shuang into a Contamination Zone, where she saw a humanoid monster with an octopus head.

Su Ze and Qing Shuang destroyed an Awakened Grade Contained Object in a Safe Zone, then arrived in Shen City to investigate a dispute involving foreign nationals. Su Ze sensed a very high-grade Contained Object and summoned Qi Xiaoye, who examined a young woman he brought before her.

• Qing Shuang questioned the octopus-headed monster, and Su Ze explained that it could make nearby people worship it and descend into madness.
• Su Ze killed the monster with an arrow from the Guardian God's phantom and said he would inform the local administrators.
• Su Ze and Qing Shuang arrived in Shen City to investigate foreign nationals who had refused to obey management.
• Su Ze sensed a possible high-grade Contained Object and summoned Qi Xiaoye, who complained that she had been changing clothes.
• Su Ze brought a young woman before Qi Xiaoye and asked her to determine what was wrong.

Su Ze and Qi Xiaoye discovered that a new Child of God was infecting people and learned that they needed to find its main body to stop the spread. Meanwhile, at a Star Alliance banquet, Nan Xi decided to proceed with her honey trap, while Bai Fu warned that their supervision mission would not go smoothly.

• Su Ze brought Qi Xiaoye a woman and her lover with vacant expressions, and they killed both to reveal that they were infected by a Child of God.
• Qi Xiaoye explained that the Child of God could grow stronger as infections spread, and that destroying its main body would stop the invasion but count only as preventing a disaster.
• At a Star Alliance exchange banquet on Parallel Blue Star, Nan Xi focused on finding food before Bai Fu joined her.
• Bai Fu told Nan Xi that her divination suggested the honey trap would work, and Nan Xi decided to pursue it.
• Bai Fu warned Nan Xi that their supervision mission would not go smoothly.

Nan Xi and Bai Fu attended a gathering to learn about The Hermits, the new Star Alliance members assigned to help eliminate Duke Murphy. Bai Fu revealed that their leader Xia Heng had copied Su Ze’s appearance to claim credit for Su Ze’s attack on the Red Moon Cult, and Elina warned them to be wary of The Hermits during the mission tomorrow.

• Nan Xi asked Bai Fu whether their supervision mission was dangerous, and Bai Fu said the Hounds were recovering but hinted that their own allies might cause trouble.
• Bai Fu identified Xia Heng as one of The Hermits’ leaders, and Nan Xi noticed he closely resembled Su Ze.
• The host praised The Hermits for attacking the Red Moon Cult, but Bai Fu told Nan Xi that Su Ze had actually carried out the attack and Xia Heng was claiming the credit.
• Nan Xi objected to The Hermits taking Su Ze’s achievements, while Bai Fu mentioned that Su Ze had taken a Divine Relic fragment she wanted.
• Elina joined Nan Xi and Bai Fu and advised them to stay vigilant around The Hermits during the mission the next day.

Nan Xi and Bai Fu learned that Elina advised avoiding conflict with The Hermits, then Nan Xi tried to summon Su Ze after Xia Heng invited them to dine. Su Ze rejected her plea while investigating a dangerous Contained Object with Qi Xiaoye and Qing Shuang.

• Elina described The Hermits as powerful and warned Nan Xi and Bai Fu against a direct confrontation unless necessary.
• Elina delivered Xia Heng's invitation to dine alone, and Bai Fu burned the note after Nan Xi rejected it.
• Nan Xi went to the restroom and attempted to summon Su Ze, but he rejected her plea.
• Qi Xiaoye explained that a painting spread a Meme that infected people and turned them into puppets of the Child of God.
• Qi Xiaoye warned that the Child of God could be too powerful to handle if more than a hundred thousand people were infected, while Su Ze admitted he had been distracted by Nan Xi's summons.

Su Ze used his simulation to confirm that he could stop the Child of God crisis by finding and killing the original infected, then sent Qing Shuang and Qi Xiaoye back while he handled the danger alone. The next morning, Qi Xiaoye learned Su Ze had already dealt with the Contained Object and returned to Avalon, where Chen Keqing invited her to bring food to Tao Yaoyao.

• Qi Xiaoye warned Qing Shuang that the infected could grow more powerful as their numbers increased, while Su Ze knew his simulation showed the crisis was manageable.
• Su Ze sent Qing Shuang and Qi Xiaoye back to the laboratory building and said he would handle the follow-up alone.
• Qi Xiaoye told Qing Shuang that Su Ze always faced Contained Objects alone, then revealed she had returned to work because she received an apology.
• The next morning, Chen Keqing told Qi Xiaoye that Su Ze had dealt with the Child of God and returned during the night.
• Chen Keqing asked Qi Xiaoye to go with her to the laboratory building and bring food to Tao Yaoyao.

Qi Xiaoye learned why Su Ze had left her behind, while Su Ze brought Tao Yaoyao and Qing Shuang to Parallel Blue Star A-07 to answer another summoning. On Parallel Blue Star B-39, Nan Xi questioned her loyalty to the Star Alliance and received another unwanted call from Xia Heng.

• Qi Xiaoye read Qing Shuang's report about the Child of God and realized Su Ze had left her behind to protect her from the Demigod Grade Contained Object's hostility.
• Qing Shuang explained that Tao Yaoyao and she would be gone for two days, and Qi Xiaoye accidentally revealed to Chen Keqing that she had recognized the salad Chen had made for her.
• Su Ze teleported Tao Yaoyao and Qing Shuang to Parallel Blue Star A-07, where they waited for him to answer a minor character's summoning amid explosions and battle.
• Nan Xi complained to Bai Fu about The Hermits' lewd messages and questioned why they still worked for the Star Alliance after Su Ze had taken the Divine Relic fragments.
• Nan Xi answered a call she thought was from Elina, heard Xia Heng's unwanted advances, and wondered aloud if she could kill him.

Nan Xi and Bai Fu monitored The Hermits’ mission and debated whether to interfere as the operation turned into a massacre. Meanwhile, Su Ze toured a local museum with Lillian and prepared to discuss business, while The Hermits cut communications after killing civilians and looting.

• Nan Xi asked Bai Fu whether they could kill the impostor, but Bai Fu suggested making a plan or calling Su Ze, and Nan Xi decided to focus on preparing for the next dream trial.
• Su Ze and Qing Shuang visited a museum with Lillian, who explained the planet’s history and how families divided its resources after a nuclear war and the cataclysm.
• Su Ze ended the sightseeing and told Lillian that he would leave the technical exchange to the professionals.
• Bai Fu led her supervisory team behind The Hermits as they entered their combat zones, while Nan Xi watched their mission on a screen.
• Nan Xi saw The Hermits’ operation become a massacre and noted that they were killing innocents and looting before they cut off communications.
• Nan Xi suggested ambushing The Hermits now that their actions gave the team a legitimate reason to intervene.

Nan Xi gathered evidence of The Hermits’ brutality after Bai Fu enhanced her, but an unseen attacker trapped her in a strange isolated space. She remained unable to break through its barrier.

• Bai Fu persuaded Nan Xi to use the mission to expose The Hermits and gave her a broad buff before she left the camp.
• Nan Xi used her Stealth Talent to film The Hermits killing civilians and looting as they advanced.
• Nan Xi noticed The Hermits’ Extraordinary Apostles seemed unusually powerful, then started back with ample evidence.
• An unseen force trapped Nan Xi inside a strange space separated from the real world.
• Nan Xi attacked the barrier but found it yielded to her strike and remained solid to her touch.

Nan Xi became trapped in the Terrifying Old Man’s dimensional cage and failed to summon Su Ze, who set off to rescue her. Meanwhile, Lillian explained how factions were building new power hierarchies across Parallel Blue Stars, and on B-39 Parallel Blue Star, Duke Murphy called on the High Transcendent Luke to stop the Hermits.

• Nan Xi exhausted her attacks against the dimensional cage and tried to summon Su Ze, but the space blocked her spell.
• Su Ze learned that Nan Xi had fallen into the Terrifying Old Man’s trap and prepared to leave before she was killed.
• Lillian told Tao Yaoyao and Qing Shuang that powerful factions were forming alliances and competing to build new Pyramid Rules across Parallel Blue Stars.
• Duke Murphy complained that the Red Moon Cult’s Extraordinary Apostles had fled the fight and turned to Luke for help.
• Luke vanished from Duke Murphy’s castle, claiming he could stop the Hermits and criticizing Murphy for relying on Lower Transcendents.

Luke ambushed The Hermits’ twenty-person squad as they advanced toward Duke Murphy’s estate, overwhelming them with the strength of a High Transcendent. As the survivors tried to flee, they discovered that Xia Heng had disappeared.

• Xia Heng led The Hermits toward Duke Murphy’s estate and boasted about the rewards he expected after their raid.
• Luke hurled his axe through a defensive barrier, killing one of the Transcendents, then demanded that the squad surrender and apologize to Duke Murphy.
• Luke revealed his brutal intentions and charged, scattering the squad’s defenses and injuring several members.
• Xia Heng recognized Luke as a High Transcendent and ordered everyone to use their full power, but their Word Spirit Techniques failed to stop Luke’s axe.
• The Hermits’ survivors lost morale and tried to retreat, only to find Xia Heng had already vanished.

Xia Heng fled Luke but was trapped in a Super Dimensional Prison beside Nan Xi. Luke followed the trail to a hunched old man, who redirected him toward Xia Heng before revealing a corrosive black liquid that began dissolving Luke’s hand and axe.

• Xia Heng fled the battlefield, but a Super Dimensional Prison trapped him near Nan Xi.
• Nan Xi realized Xia Heng was imprisoned in a separate cage and watched Luke approach while following the old man’s directions.
• Luke raced past the cages toward Xia Heng, then crashed back down near the hunched old man.
• Luke accused the old man of tricking him, but the old man insisted Xia Heng was nearby and had simply gone unnoticed.
• Luke discovered black liquid corroding his axe and the hand holding it.

Luke fought the Terrifying Old Man, but after apparently killing him, Luke fell into the same extradimensional cage trapping Xia Heng and Nan Xi. Bai Fu arrived nearby as their hoped-for rescue, but she failed to notice them and focused on the mission to behead Duke Murphy.

• Luke confronted the Terrifying Old Man and attacked him, while the old man pointed out Xia Heng trapped overhead.
• Luke wounded the old man repeatedly, but the old man's body regenerated and he reattached his severed head.
• Luke used a killing Word Spirit Technique, making the Terrifying Old Man fall silent, then approached his apparent corpse.
• Luke fell into the extradimensional pocket and became trapped in the cage with Xia Heng and Nan Xi; the Terrifying Old Man rose unharmed and left.
• Bai Fu arrived, but she did not notice the three captives and directed her team to take over the mission to behead Duke Murphy.

Su Ze arrived just in time to rescue Nan Xi from the Terrifying Old Man’s dimensional trap, while Bai Fu confirmed the Hermits’ defeat. The chapter ended with Bai Fu reminding Su Ze that Jing Yue was still alive, prompting him to agree to repay her.

• Bai Fu approached the Terrifying Old Man’s trap, while Nan Xi tried in vain to warn her away.
• Su Ze appeared before Bai Fu and confirmed that her people had captured their target alive.
• The trap filled with corrosive black liquid, but Bai Fu’s enhancement protected Nan Xi until Su Ze caught her after the space collapsed.
• Su Ze killed the two other captives, and Bai Fu said the Hermits had been defeated and the decapitation mission had succeeded.
• Bai Fu reminded Su Ze that Jing Yue was still alive, and Su Ze agreed to repay her before Bai Fu teased him for holding Nan Xi.

After the battle, Nan Xi learned more about the danger of Contained Objects and Su Ze promised her a Divine Relic fragment before leaving. Meanwhile, Jing Yue entered a new Transcendent dreamscape and began recovering her memories as her carriage came under attack.

• Nan Xi and Bai Fu discussed how dangerous Contained Objects were after the Terrifying Old Man was revealed to be one.
• Elina praised Bai Fu’s team for completing the mission and said the destruction of The Hermits’ main force would be treated as their own fault.
• Su Ze said goodbye, warned Nan Xi to prepare for the dream trial, and promised to give her a Divine Relic fragment the next day.
• Nan Xi concluded that her honey trap had worked after Su Ze vanished.
• In a dreamscape, Jing Yue struggled to remember her identity while her carriage was attacked by soldiers.
• Jing Yue recognized her Abyss Bracelet, regained her detached calm, and said, “Sacrifice my... fear.”

Jing Yue survived a deadly attack in her dream trial and began to suspect that the Man in the Mirror or the Ancient God Hall had caused her memories and powers to be sealed. Meanwhile, Lillian explained the Transcendent ranking system to Tao Yaoyao and Qing Shuang before asking what the Apocalyptic Cataclysm across the Parallel Blue Stars truly was.

• Jing Yue recovered her memories after surviving the attackers, aided by the Abyss Bracelet.
• Jing Yue questioned whether the Man in the Mirror or the Ancient God Hall had targeted her and decided she needed to escape the dream trial before investigating further.
• At the astronomical observation center, Lillian explained the basic talents and Word Spirit Techniques of different spell pathways to Tao Yaoyao.
• Qing Shuang joked about the many names and scripts across Blue Stars, but Tao Yaoyao and Lillian gave her little reaction.
• Lillian asked Tao Yaoyao and Qing Shuang what they believed the Apocalyptic Cataclysm across countless Parallel Blue Stars really was.

At the Astronomical Observation Center, Tao Yaoyao and Qing Shuang learned about the rival Evolution and Destruction theories of the Apocalyptic Cataclysm, but Tao Yaoyao concluded that no one knew the truth. Back at the base, Su Ze started a new simulation and died after recklessly attacking a colossal marine Contained Object.

• Qing Shuang asked Lillian about the mainstream view of the Apocalyptic Cataclysm, and Lillian described the Evolution and Destruction factions.
• Qing Shuang argued that the cataclysm seemed designed to reduce humanity, while Lillian pointed out that the Awakened were still alive.
• Tao Yaoyao ended their debate by saying that no one knew the truth, and Qing Shuang suggested they return to meet Su Ze.
• Su Ze began a new simulation after returning to the base and learned that a colossal marine Contained Object had killed the scouts sent to investigate it.
• Su Ze approached the creature with the Guardian God's power, chose to fight, and died after several exchanges.

Su Ze reviewed a simulation of a suspected Demigod Grade Contained Object and focused on gaining Demigod power through Nan Xi’s Demigod Authority. He discussed the catastrophe and the planet’s slow evolution with Tao Yaoyao, while Jing Yue faced the ruler in her Dream Trial.

• Su Ze suspected the colossal ocean creature in the simulation was Leviathan and decided not to risk facing it before gaining more power.
• Su Ze recalled that Nan Xi possessed Demigod Authority and resolved to ensure she safely passed her upcoming Extraordinary Dream Trial.
• Su Ze considered how his strength could let him shape the apocalypse, then concluded that any choice required absolute power.
• Qing Shuang and Tao Yaoyao entered, and Su Ze told Tao Yaoyao that their planet’s slower evolution did not matter as long as they were strong.
• Su Ze invited Tao Yaoyao to stargaze before they returned the next day, and she agreed.
• In the Dream Trial, Jing Yue knelt in the ruler’s hall as he praised her beauty.

Jing Yue completed a dream trial in which she used the Abyss Bracelet to kill an enemy king and received a new Word Spirit Technique. The dream revealed her subconscious urge to betray the Ancient God Hall, and after it ended, she encountered the Man in the Mirror at a lake.

• The king revealed that he had seen through Yan Kingdom's plans and claimed his general was returning with Jing Yue's brother's head.
• A voice ordered Jing Yue to kill the king and reinforce Yan Kingdom, so she used the Abyss Bracelet to massacre the people in the hall and took the king's head.
• As the dream collapsed, Jing Yue saw another version of herself and learned that she was a solitary demigod tasked with hunting potential demigods, while her subconscious wanted to betray the Ancient God Hall.
• Jing Yue awakened with a new Word Spirit Technique and reflected that Su Ze had shaken her beliefs, though she had not decided whether to accept his offer.
• Jing Yue reached a lake and saw the Man in the Mirror appear in its reflection.